Overcoming your opponent's spin with heavy back or sidespin
Receiving
Johan B Asked 11 years ago
You often come back to the point that if you make a really spinny topspin stroke, you will neutralise your opponent's spin, which is for example useful when you didn't quite manage to read their long serve.
Does the same hold true for backspin or sidespin? If you get a really fine and fast brush, will it counter their spin in the same way as a heavy topspin?
Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago
Hi Johan,
Yes this is a good way of counteracting spin as well. However the backspin and sidespin is not as accurate as the topspin and you won’t be able to hit the return as fast. This will give your opponent more time to see the return and counter it with an attacking stroke of their own.
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Masoud Parkho Posted 10 years ago
Hi Alois
Do you have any movie to share regarding to neutralisation of different spins on the ball? It will really help especially in returning serves which we are not 100% sure about the type of spin in it.
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Masoud
Johan B Posted 10 years ago
A clip about spin evasion would be nice :)
Hi Masoud,
The Receiving Secrets section is probably the place to look.